05-01-2016, 08:04 PM
So I drove the 7 hour round trip to pick up this 37-116 standard dial. All original, rust free chassis, still plays, original finish(although a little rough, nothing a refinish wont take care of). Got it for $125 with a little bit of a surprise thrown in. When I picked it up, the gentleman said he had some tubes to go with it. It was about a 12x12x12 cardboard box. There was a brown paper bag full of what appeared to be miniature tubes and some TV tubes. Didnt think much of it because I was stoked to get the 116. After getting home and getting it unloaded(after explaining to the wife what a find it was and how much I wanted it), I started to go through the box. Figuring I was just going to end up trashing it because they were not radio tubes, I about fell over with what I found under the brown paper bag. It was a stash of 56 tubes, 85% of which where globes! 112A's, 71A's, 01A's, 22's, 26's, etc. I proceeded to clean them up and test them. I was astonished when 48 of the 56 tested near the top of the GOOD scale on my Hickok. The other 6 had life they where just weak. Ended up with 6 pairs of super strong 71A's and 8 pairs of the same in 112A's. I had no idea this was going to be in the box! I don't know which was a better score, the 116 or the tubes. In other words, I had a GREAT weekend!
